KATHMANDU, April 23 (Xinhua) — A record-high number of climbers have received permits to scale the world’s highest Mt. Qomolangma from the Nepali side in the spring climbing season, a Nepali official said on Sunday.
Nepal’s Department of Tourism had issued 454 permits for climbers from 61 countries to conquer the 8,848.86-meter-high peak as of Friday, and over two-thirds of the climbers are women.
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